With the Big XII announcing its all-conference selections on Thursday, 114 players (33 that list a Colorado hometown) from Colorado colleges and universities have received all-league recognition from the Big Sky, Mountain West, and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conferences.
Twenty-seven players have been recognized as first-teamers, including eight from CSU Pueblo, seven from Colorado Mines, four from Western Colorado, three from Colorado and Colorado Mesa, and one from Colorado State and Northern Colorado. Here are the first-team picks.
- Daniel Bone III, CSU Pueblo (Colorado Springs, Colo.), S, 1st, RMAC
- Kash Bradley, Colorado Mesa, PR/KR/CB, 1st/HM, RMAC
- Stevie Byron, Western Colorado, OL, 1st, RMAC
- Senon Chapple, CSU Pueblo, OL, 1st, RMAC
- Blake Doud, Colorado Mines (Parker, Colo.), P, 1st, RMAC (Special Teams POY)
- Donovan English, CSU Pueblo, CB, 1st, RMAC
- Tyler Ethridge, CSU Pueblo, OL, 1st, RMAC
- Dominick Fini, CSU Pueblo (Colorado Springs, Colo.), DT, 1st, RMAC
- Ricky Freymond, Western Colorado, DE, 1st, RMAC (Defensive POY)
- Jacob Gardner, Colorado State, OL, 1st, MW
- BJ Green, Colorado, DL, 1st, XII (Defensive Newcomer)
- Hunter Green, Northern Colorado, P, 1st, Big Sky
- Jaden Healy, Colorado Mines, OLB, 1st, RMAC
- Travis Hunter, Colorado, WR/CB, 1st, XII (Defensive POY)
- Kendall Lightfoot, Western Colorado, ILB, 1st, RMAC
- Max McLeod, Colorado Mines, WR, 1st, RMAC
- Adrian Moreno, Colorado Mines, ILB, 1st, RMAC
- Drew Nash, Western Colorado, QB, 1st, RMAC
- Zack Rakowsky, CSU Pueblo (Loveland, Colo.), PR/WR, 1st/HM, RMAC
- Reggie Retzlaff, CSU Pueblo, WR, 1st, RMAC (Offensive POY)
- Howard Russell V, CSU Pueblo, RB, 1st, RMAC
- Shedeur Sanders, Colorado, QB, 1st, XII (Offensive POY)
- Flynn Schiele, Colorado Mines, WR, 1st, RMAC
- Colin Stuhr, Colorado Mesa (Littleton, Colo.), OLB, 1st, RMAC
- Nic Van de Graaf, Colorado Mines, OL, 1st, RMAC
- JaCari Williams, Colorado Mesa, CB, 1st, RMAC
- Josh Wojciechowicz Colorado Mines, LS, 1st, RMAC
NOTE – Retzlaff and Freymond were named the NCAA Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association’s (D2CCA) Super Region 4 Players of the Year. The SR4 comprises 33 Rocky Mountain Athletic, Lone Star, and Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference schools. READ MORE
Players with second-team all-conference recognition.
Josiah Ayon, Western Colorado, WR, 2nd, RMAC
Zach Brumfield, Western Colorado, OL, 2nd, RMAC
Matt Eich, Colorado Mines (Broomfield, Colo.), PK, 2nd, RMAC
Evan Foster, Colorado Mines, QB, 2nd, RMAC
Luke Freer, Air Force, P, 2nd, MW
Orlando Guevara, Fort Lewis (Denver, Colo.), KR, 2nd, RMAC
Zac Heaton, Western Colorado (Centennial, Colo.), LS, 2nd, RMAC
Nakhai Hill-Green, Colorado, LB, 2nd, XII
Buom Jock, Colorado State, LB, 2nd, MW
Jack Jones, Western Colorado, PR, 2nd, RMAC
Keith Mckaney, CSU Pueblo, CB, 2nd, RMAC
Alex Moore, Air Force, OL, 2nd, MW
Drew Moss, Colorado State, OL, 2nd, MW
Cooper Mumford, Colorado Mesa, OL, 2nd, RMAC
Cade Myer, Colorado Mines, OL, 2nd, RMAC
Daniel Parsek, Western Colorado (Johnstown, Colo.), TE, 2nd, RMAC
Jacob Penney, Fort Lewis, ILB, 2nd, RMAC
Domingo Prince II, CSU Pueblo (Aurora, Colo.), OL, 2nd, RMAC
Makeah Scippio, CSU Pueblo (Colorado Springs, Colo.), DE, 2nd, RMAC
Gary Seidenberger, CSU Pueblo, ILB, 2nd, RMAC
Liban Shongolo, Colorado Mesa (Commerce City, Colo.), S, 2nd, RMAC
Cy Shope, Western Colorado, OLB, 2nd, RMAC
Mikey Smith, Western Colorado (Colorado Springs, Colo.), DT, 2nd, RMAC
Aiden Taylor, Colorado Mesa, RB, 2nd, RMAC
James Turrentine, CSU Pueblo, DT, 2nd, RMAC
Landon Walker, Colorado Mines, RB, 2nd, RMAC
Chase Wilson, Colorado State, LB, 2nd, MW
Jackson Zimmermann, Colorado Mines (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), CB, 2nd, RMAC
Players earning honorable mention all-conference recognition.
Osaro Aihie, Air Force, LB, HM, MW
Brandon Belgrave, Colorado Mesa, RB, HM, RMAC
Jemari Bellamy, Air Force, DB, HM, MW
Henry Blackburn, Colorado State (Boulder, Colo.), DB, HM, MW
Arthur Braach, CSU Pueblo (Pueblo, Colo.), OL, HM, RMAC
Cam Chapa, Northern Colorado (Aurora, Colo.), DB, HM, Big Sky
Costen Cooley, Air Force, OC, HM, MW
Cameron Cooper , Western Colorado, OLB, HM, RMAC
Matthew Dapore, Air Force, PK, HM, MW
Kalib Davis, Fort Lewis (Aurora, Colo.), S, HM, RMAC
Joel Diaz, Colorado Mines, S, HM, RMAC
Tyler Dvorak, CSU Pueblo (Englewood, Coolo), TE, HM, RMAC
Brysen Gardner, Adams State, PK, HM, RMAC
Camby Goff, Air Force, DB, HM, MW
Noah Greer, Colorado Mesa (Arvada, Colo.), KR, HM, RMAC
Hayden Gregg, Colorado Mines, ILB, HM, RMAC
Calem Grimble, Colorado Mesa (Centennial, Colo.), OL, HM, RMAC
Hunter Hamilton, Colorado Mesa (Littleton, Colo.), DT, HM, RMAC
Preston Hodge, Colorado, DB, HM, XII
Braeden Hogan, Western Colorado (Morrison, Colo.), RB, HM, RMAC
Kasen James , Western Colorado, OL, HM, RMAC
Dom Jones, Colorado State, CB, HM, MW
Jaiden Jones, CSU Pueblo, OL, HM, RMAC
Aaron Karas, Colorado State (Arvada, Colo.), OT, HM, MW
Gabe Kirschke, Colorado State (Lone Tree, Colo.), DE, HM, MW
Levi Krebs, Colorado Mesa, ILB, HM, RMAC
Jacob LaCroix , Fort Lewis, OL, HM, RMAC
Bryce Lucas, Western Colorado, CB, HM, RMAC
Alejandro Mata, Colorado, K, HM, XII
D.J. McKinney, Colorado, DB, HM, XII
Avery Morrow, Colorado State, RB, HM, RMAC
Jon Nuschy, CSU Pueblo (LaJunta, Colo.), ILB, HM, RMAC
Chidozie Nwankwo, Colorado, DL, HM, XII
Eli Pittman, CSU Pueblo, CB, HM, RMAC
Chandler Poggensee, Colorado Mines, OL, HM, RMAC
Josh Pollard, Colorado Mines, DT, HM, RMAC
Cody Ramming, CSU Pueblo (Littleton, Colo.), DE, HM, RMAC
Will Ramsey, Colorado Mines, S, HM, RMAC
Cole Riters, Western Colorado (Longmont), WR, HM, RMAC
Reece Robinson, CSU Pueblo, PR, HM, RMAC
Kahden Rullo, CSU Pueblo (Denver, Colo.), S, HM, RMAC
Jusiah Sampleton, CSU Pueblo, DT, HM, RMAC
Ethan Sanchez-Maxwell, Western Colorado, S, HM, RMAC
Jordan Seaton, Colorado, OL, HM, XII
Peyton Shaw, CSU Pueblo, S, HM, RMAC
Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig, Colorado, DB, HM, XII
Charlie Smith, Colorado Mesa (Arvada, Colo.), ILB, HM, RMAC
Brayden Starmer, CSU Pueblo, LS, HM, RMAC
Jason Thome, Colorado Mesa (Arvada, Colo.), S, HM, RMAC
Christian Toeleiu, Adams State, ILB, HM, RMAC
Taylor Tosches, CSU Pueblo, WR, HM, RMAC
Cheilotam Udengwu, Fort Lewis, OL, HM, RMAC
Mark Vassett , Colorado, P, HM, XII
Hunter Villavicencio, Fort Lewis, P, HM, RMAC
Thomas Webb Jr., CSU Pueblo, S, HM, RMAC
LaJohntay Wester, Colorado, WR, HM, XII
Chance Wiening , Western Colorado (Trinidad, Colo.), OL, HM, RMAC
Ben Wilson, CSU Pueblo, CB, HM, RMAC
Jaydon Young, Western Colorado (Colorado Springs, Colo.), DE, HM, RMAC

